diff --git a/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/ddns/view.py b/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/ddns/view.py
index 0ded9c1..eb00568 100644
--- a/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/ddns/view.py
+++ b/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/ddns/view.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def _ddns_log_tail():
         with open(log_path) as f:
             lines = f.readlines()
         if not lines:
-            return '(log is empty)', ''
+            return '(no log entries yet)', ''
         total = len(lines)
         tail = lines[-DDNS_LOG_MAX:]
         shown = len(tail)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def _ddns_log_tail():
         )
         return ''.join(tail).strip(), summary
     except FileNotFoundError:
-        return '(log file not found)', ''
+        return '(no log entries yet)', ''
     except Exception:
         return '(error reading log)', ''
 
diff --git a/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/dnsblocking/view.py b/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/dnsblocking/view.py
index db74473..21ff75d 100644
--- a/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/dnsblocking/view.py
+++ b/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/dnsblocking/view.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def _dnsblocking_log_tail(cfg):
         with open(DNS_LOG_FILE) as f:
             lines = f.readlines()
         if not lines:
-            return '(log is empty)', ''
+            return '(no log entries yet)', ''
         total  = len(lines)
         tail   = lines[-DNS_LOG_MAX:]
         shown  = len(tail)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def _dnsblocking_log_tail(cfg):
         )
         return ''.join(tail).strip(), summary
     except FileNotFoundError:
-        return '(log file not found)', ''
+        return '(no log entries yet)', ''
     except Exception:
         return '(error reading log)', ''
 
diff --git a/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/action.py b/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/action.py
index 45caa5c..9960265 100644
--- a/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/action.py
+++ b/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/action.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ def api_log_tail():
         lines = (prev[-need:] if need and prev else []) + current
 
         if not lines:
-            return jsonify({'log': '(log is empty)', 'left': '', 'right': ''})
+            return jsonify({'log': '(no log entries yet)', 'left': '', 'right': ''})
 
         log_dir = os.path.dirname(RADIUS_LOG_FILE)
         try:
diff --git a/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/view.py b/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/view.py
index beabd75..97b8ee2 100644
--- a/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/view.py
+++ b/docker/routlin-dash/app/pages/radius/view.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def radius_log_tail(cfg):
         lines = (prev[-need:] if need and prev else []) + current
 
         if not lines:
-            return '(log is empty)', ''
+            return '(no log entries yet)', ''
 
         log_dir = os.path.dirname(RADIUS_LOG_FILE)
         try: